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MESSAGE 


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PRESIDENTfiF  THE  UMTED  STJTES, 


■•i» : 

TftANSMirriMO 


A  REPORT 


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OF 

THE  SECRETARY  OF  STATE. 


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IN  (UR8CANCE  6f    A  KKBOLUTION  OF  THE  HOUSE    OF   »£?«£• 
•  V'v'  6£KrtATIVES,   0*  17th  FEBaUABY,  LAST,  :   ' 


MQUIItlMO 


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lofonuation  relative  to  duties  on  Imports  from  the  United  States  into  Ca- 
nada, Nova-Scotia,  and  New-Brunswick }  of  the  duties  on  arti-   ' 
cles  exported  to  the  Uaited  States  from  said  pro- 
vinces, &c.  &o.  &c.  , 


*       April  18,  1816. 
Read,  and  Ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table. 


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WASHINGTON: 

|>IIINTED  BY  WILLIAM  A.  DAVIS. 

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I  transmit  to  the  House  of  Representatives  a 
report  from  the  Secretary  of  State,  complying 
with  their  resolution  of  the  17th  February,  last. 


^pnllZthy  1816. 

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REPORt. 


Thfe  Secretary  of  State,  to  whom  was  refelred 
the  resolution  of  the  House  of  Representatived, 
requesting  the  President  to  cause  to  oe  laid  before 
that  House  information  relative  to  the  duties  laid 
on  article^  imported  from  the  United  States  intdr- 
the  British  Provinces  of  Canada,  Nova-Scotid, 
and  Nfew-BrunSwick,  relative  to  the  duties  on  ar* 
tides  exported  to  the  United  States  from  the  said 
Provinces;  the  duties  laid  on  goods,  wares,  and 
merchandise,  imported  into  the  British  West-In- 
dia islands,  or  any  of  them,  from  the  United 
States,  or  from  colonies  in  America  owned  by 
other  foreign  European  powers ;  and  likewise,  as 
to  the  duties  on  imports  and  exports  to  which  ves*- 
sels  of  the  United  Stated  are  subject  ^in  the  ports 
of  the  British  East-Indies;  has  the  honour  to 
state,  that  as  the  information  received  by  the  de- 
partment, on  the  subject  of  these  inquiries,  since 
the  peace,  from  public  agents,  has  been  very  de- 
fective, he  has  been  under  the  necessity  of  resort- 
ing to  the  collectors  of  the  customs,  and  other  res- 
pectable sources,  within  the  reach  of  the  de- 
partment, to  enable  him  to  comply  with  the  call 
of  the  House,  which  produced  inevitable  delay  in 
making  this  report.  He  begs  leave  further  to 
state,  that  the  accompanj^ing  tables,  numbered 
1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  and  6,  embrace  all  the  information 
that  he  has  been  able  to  obtain  relative  to  the  ob- 
jects of  the  resolution.  It  is  believe  J  that  it  is 
substantially  correct,  though  less  particular  and 
precise  than  might  be  wished.  From  these  tap 
ties  it  will  be  seen  that  the  vessels  of  the  United 
States  arc  excluded  from  all  participation   in  the 


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trade,  by  sea,  of  the  provincial  or  colonial  posses* 
sions  of  Great-Britain,  in  America,  with  the  ex- 
ception of  Bermuda  and    the    Bahama    Islands, 

;  where  they  are  restricted  to  a  very  limited  com- 
merce, particularly  designated  in  the  table  Bum- 

^  bered  4.    It  will  he  moreover  seen,  that  this  trade 

vis  confined  exclusively  to  British  vessels,  and  in 
most  instances  to  British  merchants,  and  article» 
of  minor  value  as  respects  both  imports  and  ex* 
ports.  Whether,  mioer  the  existing  rei^lations 
m  Canada,  the  trade  by  inland  navi^tionoetween 

^4he  United  States  and  those  Provinces  is  confined 
to  British  vessels,  is  not  distinctly  understood^  .> 

'^  Respectfully  submitted, 

JAMES  MONROE,  i 


DqaartmenI  of  Stale, 
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No.  1. 


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Information  relative  to  the  Duties  laid  on  Jlrtictes 
■^  imported  from  the  United  States  into  the  British 
^-   Province  of  Canada, 

.'■ 

On  the  29th  of  May,  1815,  the  intercourse  be- 
tween the  United  States  and  Canada  was  regu- 
lated hj  an;  order  in  council  in  Canada  at  that 
date. 

This  order  directs^  "  That  duties  shall  be  paid 
and  collected  on  all  goods  and  commodities  im- 

J)orted  from  the  United  States,  agreeably  to  the 
olio  wing  tarift',  viz:  ,  ., 

"  All  kinds  of  wood  and  lumber,  seeds  and  grain 
of  every  sort,  all  kinds  of  provisions,  and  live  stock, 
flour,  pot  and  pearl  ashes,  furs,  skins,  pig  iron,  and 
tallow,  may  be  imported  duty  free. 

Castings  of  iron,  at  32|  per  cent,  ad  valorem. 

Rolled  and  slit  iron,  1^.  per  pound. 

Spikes,  nails,  and  brads,   2d.        do.  V' 

Wax  candles,         .  Id,        do.       ^^ >;.  V  v  •■ 

Spermaceti,   tallow,    or       '^<-*-^;j  po- 
part wax,  •  2d.         do.  '' 
Hats,  hat  bodies,  or  caps,  32-}  per  cent,  ad  valorem. 
Paper  of  all  kinds,           27-|-                 do. 
Playing  cards,              2s.  6^.  per  pack.  ;. 
Boots  and  bootees,       75.  6rf.  per  pair. 
Saddles  and  bridles,           30  per  cent,  ad  valorem, 
Manufaictured  tobacco,     7d.  per  pound. 
American  segars,            20^.         do. 
SnufT,            .            .       1.9.         do. 


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Leather,  including  all 

hides  or  skins,  tan- 
ned or  dressed,  32|  per  cent,  ad  valorem. 
Shoes  and   gloves,  of 

all  kinds,  32^  ^'"^ 

All  gold  or  silver  plated 

ware,  jewelry,  and 

paste  work, 
Spirits,   of    American 

manufacture,  3j.  per  gallon. 

"  All  other  articles  of  the  growth,  produce,  or 
manufacture  of  the  United  States,  shall  pay  a 
duty  of  10  per  centum  ad  valorem,  over  and  above 
such  duties  as  are  chargeable  by  law."* 


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No.  2. 


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Information  relative  to  the  duties  laid  on  articles  imr 
;  ported  from  the  United  States  into  the  British  pro- 
1    vinces  of  JVova*Scotia  and  JVew-Brunswick,    .;,,*  55 

Horses,  neat  cattle,  sheep,  hogs,  poul- 

,  try,  boards,  heading,  hoops,  planks, 
scantling,  shingles,  and  squared 
timber,  are  admitted         .         .  ,•■  ,  -■■. 

Barley,  beans,  biscuit,  bread,  flour, 
oats,  peas,  potatoes,  ricc,  red  oak 
staves,  and  wheat,  ,    ^    10  pr.  ct.  ad  val 


free. 


I^',.''-J>*{    b'r--:!'*. 


J^ote. — No  American  vessel  is  now  admitted  in- 
to Nova-Scotia  or  New-Brunswick.  The  gover- 
nors of  New-Brunswick  and  Nova-Scotia  are  em- 

*  It  is  understood  tliatthis  tariff  of  duties  was  to  continue  until  April, 
!8I6.  It  is  now  stated  that  the  abuve  order  in  council  is  no  longer  in 
force  ; 'and  that  the  produce  and  manufactures  of  foreiKu  countries  are 
not  adnaitted  uito  Canada  fn>n]  the  United  States  ;  and  that  ail  manulac> 
tures  or  produce  of  the  Umted  ^tatfs  which  nre  admitted,  except  provi* 
siouf ,  p*y  a  duty  of  thirty-three  and  one  third  per  ccatum. 


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powered  to  permit  the  introduction  into  those 
colonies,  by  proclamation,  of  certain  articles.  Such 
proclamations  have  been  always  issued  every  three 
months :  the  last  was  issued  on  the  6th  of  Febru- 
ary, 1816,  and  authorizes  British  subjects  to  im- 
port into  Nova-Scotia  and  New-Brunswick,  from 
the  United  States,  in  British  built  ships  or  vessels, 
owned  and  navigated  agreeably  to  the  laws  of 
Great  Britain,  for  the  space  of  three  months  from 
the  date,  the  articles  mentioned  in  the  preceding 
table. 


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No.  3. 


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Information  relative  to  the  Duties  on  Articles  t  ^nort' 
ed  to  the  United  States  from  the  British  Prov  xes 
of  Canada^  JSCova-Scotia,  and  JSCew-Brunswick, 


yii  ...iic*":Jv 'AvVvf?*,, 


Canada.*      No?a>Scotia.        New-Brunswick. 


Codfish,     '  "^^  noexp.  duty,    noexp.  duty. 

Pickled  fish,     .,*.■.,-'  do.  do. 

Salmon,  ^     do.  \  do.     -' 

Mackerel,  ■  ■"   -         do.       '     '         do. 

Dried  and  smoked  herring,  do.  do. 

Tongues  and  sounds,         do.  do. 

Plaster  of  Paris,         Ji$  1  00  per  ton.  $4  00  per  ton. 

*  The  imports  into  the  United  States  from  Canada  are  not  very  great 
now,  it  being  cheaper  to  import  directly  from  Great  Britain. 

JVote.  The  preceding  are  the  principal  articles 
which  are  the  growth,  produce,  or  manufacture, 
of  Nova-Scotia  and  New-Brunswick,  and  which 
are  exported  from  those  colonies  to  the  United 
States.  All  articles  are  permitted  to  be  thence 
exported  to  the  United  States,  except  salt  petr^ 


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and  munitions  of  war.  On  the  articles  exportedt 
wliicli  are  the  products  of  Great  Britain  or  her 
other  colonieSf  there  is  a  duty  imuos^df  on  their 
jtiiportation  into  the  provinces  of  Nova-Scotia  and 
New-Brunswick,  of  nve  per  cent,  which  is  nearly 
all  drawn  back  when  the  goods  are  exported  to  * 
the  United  States.  There  are  a  few  articles,  hoWi- 
ever,  which  are  an  exception  to  this  rule :  rum,  if 
imported  into  the  colony,  being,  to  the  amount  of 
two  thirds  of  its  value,  bought  with  the  produce 
of  the  colony,  pays  20  per  cent,  and  has  a  draw* 
back  of  18.  Rum  ottierwise  bought  pays  25  per 
cent,  and  has  a  drawback  of  22  per  cent.  Sugar, 
if  purchased  as  the  hrst  mentioned  rum,  pays  70 
per  cent  and  has  a  drawback  of  59  per  cent.  All 
other  sugar  pays  120  per  cent,  and  has  a  draw* 
back  of  109  per  cent.  Coffee,  if  purchased  also 
to  the  amount  of  two  thirds  of  its  value,  with  the 
produce  of  the  colony,  pays  2  cents  per  pound, 
and  has  a  drawback  of  2  cents.  Other  coffee 
pays  4  cents,  and  has  a  drawback  of  3  cents  6|- 
mJls.  Molasses  pays  2  cents  per  gallon,  and  hafi 
a  drawback  of  H^  mills.  Wines  pay  40  cents  per 
gallon,  and  have  a  drawback  of  34  cents.  Gin  pays 
34  cents  per  gallon,  and  has  a  drawback  of  29 
cents.  Brandy  the  same  duty  and  drawback. 
Thtre  is  besides,  what  is  called  a  king's  duty  on 
wine  from  the  islands,  of  15  dollars  per  pipe,  and 
from  Great  Britain  and  ports  in  the  Mediterranean 
not  French,  of  244  cents  per  pipe.  In  the  year 
1815,  the  government  of  Nova-Scotia  laid  a  duty 
of  a  dollar  per  ton  on  plaster  of  Paris  landed  to  the 
northward  and  westward  of  Cape  Cod.  Recently, 
a  duty  of  4  dollars  per  ton  has  been  imposed  by 
the  gf>verni»ient  of  N^jw-Brunswick  on  plaster  of 
Paris  landed  in  the  United  States  north  of  Cape 
Ccd.    .      .  ...... 


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No.  4. 


hformation  relative  to  duties  laid  on  goods^  warei^ 
and  merchandise^  imported  into  the  British  West- 
India  Islands^  or  any  of  themy  from  the  United 

i  States.  ' 

KoTi.  Where,  in  thii  table,  ao  article  of  import  ii  stated  as  "  not  ad- 
mitted," it  it  an  iafercQce  drawn  from  the  abience  of  tbat  article  in  thp 
U>t  of  article*  admitted.  '^ 

ij*^    Jamaica,  *•     ToSago,  -.i.^  i^q^4 

BeanSf  '         '  •"> 

25  cts.  per  100  lbs.  Vl\  cts.  per  bushel. 

Biscuit,  , 

100  cts.  per  100  lbs.  not  admitted. 

i-  Bread,  ' 

100  cts.  per  100  lbs.        50  cts.  per  cwt. 

Flour,  wheat,  ^ 

200  cts.  per  bbl.  100  cts.  per  bbl 

Hoops,  of  wood, 

75  cts.  per  1000.  hhd.  83^  cts.  per  1000« ; »; 

Horses,  neat  cattle,  and  other  live  stock,     '    i 

10  per  ct.  ad  val.  10  per  ct.  on  the  vi^lue  at , 

P'^'  A  ^Aa  the  place  of  importation/ 

Indian  corn,  i^i^m 

25  cts.  per  bushel.  12^  cts.  per  bushel.tt^->»lT 

T  Lumber,  pine,      i.  ^hh  *txi^-%ii^.^4 

300  cts.  per  1000  ft.         1 50  cts.  per  1000  tt    '-'mS 

Lumber,  pitch  pine,  <  iriirt 

450  cts.  per  1000  ft.        225  cts.  per  1000  ft.    ^t 

Masts  and  spars,  -^  ^ 

450  cts.  per  1000  it  not  admitted. 

Meal,  of  rye,  peaSi  beans,  or  Indian  corn,         ., 
100  cts.  per  bbl.  >r   tm  >  not  admitted.  t 

/,'  .  Peas,  ' 

25  cts.  per  bushel.  12^  cts.  per  bushel, 

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450  cts.  per  1000  ft. 
J  00  cts.  per  100  lbs. 
not  admitted. 


Jamaica.  ^       Tobago.  v 

Planks,  v;.  »     f. 

not  admitted. 
Rice, 

38  cts.  per  100  lbs.  neat. 
R)e, 

12  cts.  per  bushel. 
Shingles,  not  more  than  12  inch, 
100  cts.  per  1000.  "Boston  chips"  50  cts,  per 

■  Shingles,  more  than  12  inch?  f  1000 

200  cts.  per  1000.  100  cfs.  per  1000.  i 

StavesJ  red  oak,  * 

300  cts.  per  1200.  300  cts.  per  1000  pieces. 

Staves,  wliite  oak, 
225  cts.  per  1 200,  head-    225  cts.  per  1 000  pieces, 
ing  same  as  w.  o.  staves. 

Timber, 
450  cts.  per  1000  ft  not  admitted.   ^ 

■  *  -  s  '  , 

JVb/c. — ^The  trade  of  Jamaica,  to  ana  from  the 
UnitedStates,according  to  recentBritish  regulations 
is  to  be  carried  on  in  British  vessels  only,  and  the 
articles  admitted  into  that  island  must  be  the  pro- 
perty of  British  subjects ;  the  importation  of  the 
products  of  the  United  States  from  other  colonies 
m  the  West  Indies  is  not  allowed!.  Every  descrip- 
tion of  fisl  prohibited  admission  into  the  Island 
of  Jamaica.  Hum,  molasses,  and  pimento  alone,, 
can  be  exported  therefrom,  paying  a  duty  of  10 
per  cent,  ad  valorem.  f 

At  present  vessels  of  the  United  States  are  not 
allowed  to  import  into  the  Island  of  Tobago  any 
kind  of  merchandise  whatever,  nor  to  go  there  in 
ballast  and  b.ing  away  cargoes  ctf  any  sort. 

Lumber  and  provisions  nave  been  recently  per- 
mitted to  be  imported  into  Antigua,  from  the  Uni- 
ted States,  in  British  vessel^. 


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Generally  speaking,  since  the  peace,  vessels  of 
the  United  States  have  been  prohibited  an  entry 
at  all  the  British  West-India  islands.  Into  Ber- 
muda, which,  strictly  apeaking,  is  not  regarded  as 
one  of  the  West  Indies,  vessels  of  the  United 
States  may  carry  flour,  rice,  corn,  and  lumber, 
upon  paying  a  duty  of  five  and  a  half  per  cent. 
Rum,  sugar,  molasses,  and  salt,  may  be  exported 
on  paying  a  duty  of  five  per  cent.  Port  charges, 
^bout  20  dollars.  No  tonnage  or  light  money. 
But  Bermuda  is  a  mere  place  of  entrepot,  at  which 
the  United  States  have  little  or  no  trade. 

From  the  Bahamas,  American  vessels  vrere.  by 

f>roclamation  of  the  governor,  on  the  15th  of  April 
ast,  excluded,  unless  they  resorted  to  the  ports  of 
those  islands  in  ballast,  for  the  purpose  of  loading 
with  salt:  in  that  case  they  are  required  to  pay  a 
king's  tonnage  of  two  shillings  and  six  pence  ster- 
linaf  per  ton,  and  a  coloniju  tonnage  oi'  twenty 
cents  per  ton :  also,  an  export  duty  of  a  half  penny 
sterling  on  each  bushel  of  salt.  At  this  time  no 
kind  of  salted  provisions  is  permitted  to  an  entry 
in  the  Bahamas  from  the  United  States.  Flour 
and  corn  pay  no  duty.  Rice,  bread,  peas-^  and 
lumber,  pay  a  duty  of  five  per  cent  if  from  the 
United  States.  There  is  no  export  duty  on  arti- 
cles exported  in  British  vessels,  excepting  Brazil- 
letto,  which  pays  one  dollar  and  twenty-nve  cents 
per  ton. 

As  to  the  Newfoundland  trade,  it  may  be  pro- 
per to  mention,  that  it  is  understood  to  be  restrict^ 
ed  to  the  colonies  and  the  mother  country  by  act 
of  parliament;  but  that  licenses  are  granted  by 
the  king's  council  in  Gna*  Britain,  permitting  cer- 
tain persons  in  certain  Bnlish  vessels,  to  be  named 
in  the  license,  to  imr)ort  into  the  colony,  direct 
from  the  United  Statcss,  bread,  flour,  corn,  r^rr. 


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&nd  live  stock.  Fish  of  all  kinds,  oil,  and  the 
produce  of  Great  Britain,  can  -be  exported  from 
Newfoundland,  into  the  United  States,  in  British 
vessels  only. 


■^y^.^>Ahf^^^^-'rf^^     No.  5. 


%**■*    »■  fT,V/<r-''r  '.•i. 


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Information  relative  to  Duties  laid  on  Goods,  Wares, 
and  Merchandise  imported  into  the  British  West' 
India  Islands^  or  any  of  them,  from  the  United 
States,  through  Colonies  in  America,  otvned  by 
other  foreign  European  Powers,  ^c. 

The  information  received  in  relation  to  this  point 
leads,  to  the  general  impression,  that  the  import- 
tion  of  the  products  of  the  United  States  into  the 
British  West-Indies,  from  other  foreign  colonies  in 
that  quarter,  is  not,  at  this  time,  allowed.  As  far 
as  it  regards  the  Island  of  Jamaica,  it  hac  been 
distinctly  stated,  from  an  authentic  source,  that 
the  governor's  proclamation,  permitting  the  im- 
portation of  the  productions  oi  the  United  States 
from  the  Spanish,  or  other  neutral  colonies,  hav- 
ing expired  on  the  30th  of  November  last,  the 
importation  is  prohibited  in  any  other  than  a  direct 
manner,  and  that,  as  will  be  seen  in  table  No.  3, 
must  be  in  British  vessels  only.  When  the  pro- 
ducts of  the  United  States  were  admitted,  from 
the  other  European  colonies  in  America,  into  Ja- 
maica, the  duties  were  tlie  same  as  if  they  had 
been  imported  direct  from  the  United  States. 

As  to  duties  laid  in  the  British  West-India 
Islands  on  goods,  wares,  and  merchandise,  other 
than  those  of  the  United  States,  when  imported 
irom  colonies  in  America  owned  by  other  foreign 


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European  powers,  the  department  of  state  is  not 
furnished  with  any  information. 


,i..-.i-'AaAi 


.,No.  6. 

tnformation  as  to  (he  Duties  on  Imports  and  Exports 
to  which  vec  ^els  of  the  United  States  are  subject  in 
the  ports  of  the  British  East-Indies,  v;^; 

■  ■■-'-     '^     IMPORTS.  *  DVTIES* 

The  articles  usually  imported         ''^    • 

into  Calcutta  and  Bombay     /^ 

from  the  United  States,  are  ' 

brandy   and   Holland    gin, 

which  pay        ...  25  cents  per  gallon.- 

Naval  stores,  spars,  and  wines, 

which  pay        .        .  20  pr.ct.  ad  valorem. 

Note.  The  preceding  particulars  have  ^een 
communicated  from  one  source ;  from  another,  A 
general  remark  has  been  made,  that  all  articles 
from  the  United  States  imported  into  Bengal,  are 
subject  to  20  per  centum  duty,  except  naval  stores, 
which  pay  10  per  centum.  This  duty  is  paid  on  a 
valuation  of  tne  articles  as  they  are  lanaed  from 
the  vessels.  The  duty  on  tonnage  is  not  precise- 
ly known.  On  one  hand  it  is  represented  to  be 
not  exceeding  onp  per  centum  on  tne  value  of  the 
vessel ;  on  the  other,  it  is  said  American  ves- 
sels pay  more  than  double  the  duties  that  the 
English  do,  both  on  imports  and  exports,  and  dou- 
ble pilotage  ;  and  that  the  British  ships  in  the  East- 
India  colonics  have  an  advantage  over  thof?e  of  the 
United  States  of  at  least  ten  per  centum  on  im- 
ports and  exports.  On  the  1 5th  of  last  Septemv 
oer,  it  Is  said,  new  regulations  with  regard  to  dn- 


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ties  on  imports  and  eipprts  ware  published  in  Ga^- 
culta,  which  places  British  vessels  on  a  still  moie 
favourable  footing  than  they  were  before,  compar- 
ed with  foreign  vessels.  The  port  charges  are  al- 
leged to  be  very  expensive  at  Calcutta,  amount- 
ing to  about  two  and  a  half  per  centum  on  the  ar- 
ticles exported  from  thence  to  the  United  States, 
exclusive  of  brokerage  and  commission,  which 
amount  to  about  twQ  8»d  a  half  per  centum  more. 
Of  the  -^^  ^:Vh,}h  'V-v^r 


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Duties, 


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7|  per  ct.  ad  val. 
378^  cents,  m  >jMt? 


Expoits,  ' 

Assafoetida,  coffee,  cotton  and ».  ^ 

silk  goods,  drugs  and  medi*  ., 
,  cines,  ginger,  the  gums  Ara-  . , 
,  bic,   Senegal,  and  copal,   sal; 

ammoniLC,  sugar,  and  turner- 

rick,  pay         .         .        . 
Indigo  pays,  per  cwt. 

English  ships,  it  is  staged,  receive  a  drawback 
on  silk  goods  and  Indigo,  of  five  percent.        "«  • 

By  a  recent  arrival  from  India,  information  has 
been  received  that  all  goods  there  imported,  un- 
der the  American  flag,  pay  a  duty  of  20  per  cent, 
on  the  invoice,  naval  stores  excepted,  which  pay 
10;  under  the  British  flag,  2|.  All  silk  goods, 
and  cotton  piece  goods,  made  in  the  terntories 
entirely  subject  to  the  India  company,  pay  1\  per 
cent,  on  a  valuation  made  by  the  coliector  at  the 
port  of  exportation  ;  the  British  flag  nothing,  and 
IS,  perhaps,  allowed  some  drawback.  On  cotton 
goods  made  in  districts  not  entirely  subject  to 
British  power,  the  American  flair  is  allowed  a 
drawback  of  2^  per  cent.  But  it  is  represented 
that  there  is  so  much  difficulty  attend  ng  the  pass- 
ing the  goods  when  the  drawback  is  claimed, 
that  it  is  often  relinquished.     The  British  flag  re- 


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ceiyes  a  drawback  of  7^  per  cent.  Dollars  are 
now  taxed  at  the  mint  2^  per  cent,  and  will  not 
probably  sell  for  more  hereafter  than  2^  per  cent, 
profit.  „x;         viv 

With  respect  to  imports  into  the  Cape  of  Good 
Hope,  and  the  Isles  of  France  and  Bourbon,  from 
the  United  States,  it  is  understood  that  naval 
stores,  provisions,  brandy,  wines,  fish,  flour,  gin, 
and  specie,  pay  a  duty  of  6  per  cent,  ad  valorem. 
The  exports  from  those  places  to  the  United 
States,  are  cotton,  cloves,  salt-petre,  coffee,  su- 
gar, pepper,  spices,  and  hides,  which  are  subject 
to  a  duty  of  1^  percent,  ad  valorem. 

From  Batavia,  Manilla,  and  Sumatra,  the  arti- 
cles of  export  are  sugar,  coffee,  camphor,  spices, 
cotton,  inaigo,  and  pepper,  the  duties  on  which 
are  varied  at  the  pleasure  of  the  governor,  accord- 
ing to  the  demanas  for  the  current  expenses  of  the 
different  colonies.  No  tariff  has  been  received. 
Nothing  b'lt  specie  is  exported  from  the  United 
States  to  those  places. 


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